
“[Conservatism is] a fight for keeping these qualities that made us move unceasingly.”
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The Conservative, via Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Cycles of American History (Houghton Mifflin, 1986) p. 23

“Fight to preserve these traits of civilization, that made us go forward.”
Source: Asked about sense of conservatism, blog, 6 March 2008

Source: Out Of The Crisis (1982), p. 2


Address on religious factions (1981)
Context: I must make it clear that I don't condemn these groups for what they believe. I happen to share many of the values emphasized by these organizations.
I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in "A," "B," "C" and "D." Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism." … This unrelenting obsession with a particular goal destroys the perspective of many decent people. They have become easy prey to manipulation and misjudgment.

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Part III, Chapter 13, Man Vs. Machine, p. 170
2000s, How Life Imitates Chess (2007)